INEC to deploy 24,000 ad-hoc staff for Kogi, Bayelsa elections – INEC
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would deploy 24,000 ad-hoc staff for the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections on November 16.
The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said this in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Mr Yakubu also said the staff would go through training ahead of the off-cycle election.
He added that for security training, the commission had written the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
INEC had earlier announced plans for the upcoming Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections.
The elections will hold simultaneously in the two states on November 16.
The parties’ governorship primaries in both states are expected to have ended by September 5.
In Bayelsa State, we are going to record 9,000 ad hoc staff and for Kogi, we are going to have about 15,000. We have to train them so we need to start early,” Mr Yakubu said.”
And for security training, we have written the Inspector General of Police for the commencement of security training.”
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